swather

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swathe

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A device with curved arms extending diagonally backward, fixed to the end of the cutter-bar of a reaper or mower to lift up uncut stalks, and throw those that are cut in such a way as to mark a line of separation between the uncut and the cut.

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Examples

A swather is a piece of equipment that cuts hay or small grain crops into windrows before baling.

I know that a lot of my readers would consider a trade like this to be completely offensive and a total betrayal of innocence, but if he's so dumb as to pony up a perfectly good swather, that's his problem.

Then we go over the hay with this little tractor (my favorite) and an implement called a rake. (this photo doesn't show the rake) It goes down between two windrows that the swather makes and turns the hay over into the center, making a larger windrow.